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Thursday, January 02, 2014

Fall Catch Up | End of 2013

It really is hard to believe I haven't blogged since October.

I really enjoyed keeping up with school weekly but honestly something had to give and I decided my time blogging was what had to go.

Because I am blogging to remember life here is a quick recap.

Week of October 21st, ended with a whirlwind road trip. It included 5 photo sessions in 3 states! We did manage a bit of school in that time.

Week of October 28th, was the week of Halloween. I ended up with a stomach bug! I haven't been that sick in awhile. So thankful we went trunk or treating a few days before and daddy took the kiddos trick or treating with friends. The week ended with a trip home to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday and second shoot a wedding with a friend and a session after church on Sunday.

Week of November 4th, was mildly slower with one session and an out of town wedding. Hubby and I made it a weekend get a way even if I did have to work a little bit.

Week of November 11th, included one photo session and my little guy turning 3! We celebrated dinosaur style.

Week of November 18th, included two photo sessions and a lot of editing!! :)

Week of November 25th, our 12th week of CC (last before Christmas break),a trip to IL for Thanksgiving with my in-laws and a visit from one of my best friends.

Week of December 2nd, ended up being relatively slow thanks to about 6ish inches of snow!

Week of December 9th, was a slow week for us thankfully that was concluded with a trip to see The Nutcracker! It was a lot of fun!

Week of December 16th, this was a very busy but fun week! My mother in law spent the week with us so she could go Christmas shopping. We shopped till we dropped on Monday (I mean we came home at 1:30 am on Tuesday!!) and many other days. My husband also had two work Christmas parties. I am so thankful my husband works for a company that is Christian owned by a Godly family. It is always awesome to see how God blesses that business.

Week of December 23rd, CHRISTMAS WEEK! :) It was busy but lots of fun. The whole week was spent with family and it was awesome. We spent time in OK and IL celebrating Christmas 5 different times. We also took the kids bowling and visited the fire department and police department (which I didn't have my camera for!!).

Week of December 30th, NEW YEARS! I love the end of a year and the start of a new year. This year to celebrate we went to a friends house and played games until the early morning hours. My husband had New Years Day off so we were able to get some stuff around the house accomplished.

Whew! Those 11 weeks flew by! I love that learning takes place in the informal moments and all throughout life. I am looking forward to "hitting the books" next week and getting back into a groove! I am also looking forward to catching up on many of the blogs I was reading, yes, even that had to go!

Happy New Year!

Friday, October 04, 2013

HMJ | Week 7 Wrap Up

Week 7 is *almost* complete. I have two kiddos who are napping because grumpy attitudes were abundant this afternoon! We have some things I would like to cover this afternoon and possibly tomorrow.

I decided on Sunday that I was "unplugging" the TV for the week. I realized I was using it as a crutch to not really engage my kiddos, especially the little guy. It has been a great week and the TV will probably remain unplugged. I confess to turning it on for 1 hour this week so I could watch Castle.

This is some of the fun these two had being TV free :)

It has finally cooled off, we have spent a few afternoons doing this!

In our homeschool this week…

After Miss K started asking questions about baptism and salvation we decided to put out original Bible lesson plans aside for now and her and I are going through Helping Children Understand the Gospel from Desiring God Children.There are 10 truths we are going to spend two days on each truth.

I am going to reinforce the truths by having her do a notebook page and we will make a book at the end of the 10 truths we are learning.

This gal has also really picked up the pace with reading! She read me to sleep last week!

We ended up going to the big city this week to get little guy a hair cut (we have our family portraits in a few weeks) and Kyla did a great job getting the work done in the car. We also started piano lessons this week, she was really excited to pick those back up, it is something she really enjoys.

We also went on a nature walk/scavenger hunt with some friends. Who knew our local park houses Missouri's largest Sassafras Tree? Not me! If it's not on the play ground I don't know it exists! ;) While we were at the park the city workers were releasing fish into the pond. The kiddos enjoyed watching the fish being released into the pond.

We finished week 5 of Classical Conversations. We are loving CC!
We drill daily and sometimes go deeper.

A few small ways we went deeper:
Abstract castle painting

Watching videos about hibernation, adaptation, & migration and play a few games I found from googling. (that is a word right!?!?!)
Also found this website: Study Jams by Scholastic that has awesome short science videos that go along with what we are learning. *DISCLAIMER* You may disagree with some of the content found in these links so watch these before and with your kiddos to determine if you want to use them!

She will color in her prescript book while I read to her about Joan of Arc and the 100 Years War.

For geography we will look up the European cities and some prominent features. I will be using the geography cards from Melody @ And Here We Go as a jumping off point.

On of my favorite things about Classical Conversations is the opportunity to give weekly presentations, this week was a dramatic recitation, Kyla shared the story of The Three Little Pigs.

Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…

I am incredibly inadequate to give advice, but I shared this on my facebook this week and it is so very TRUE for me!

I am thankful I get to stay at home with my kids and homeschool them, it is a sacrifice I am happy to make, that doesn't make it easy!

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…

We have one more week of CC then we are on break! I am traveling to central OK to spend a few days with one of my best friends! I am looking forward to that!

I’m cooking…

A few new things, but tonight is an oldie and a goodie, Sweet & Sour Chicken! The only difference is I use coconut oil instead of canola oil!

I’m grateful for…

I’m praying for…

*our government*
*some friends with health concerns*

Something I am ogling or have my eye on…

I was looking at Song School Latin and when we were in the big city I found it on sale! Bonus! We will be starting that soon!

A photo, video, link, or quote to share (silly, serious or both!)…

A very thought provoking read! Is Public School an Option by Albert Mohler

I know I am probably a little late to the free audiobook party BUT I finally checked out Librivox and it is awesome! I have been listening to The Jungle Book, so good! That search also lead me to / Lit2go and Story Nory.
Anyone use these free audio book resources? What do you like or your children enjoy?

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Friday, September 27, 2013

HMJ | Weekly Wrap Up | Week 6

I cannot believe a week has went by without any blogging! We have had a good week of school and are plugging right along!

In my life this week…

I am tired!! I thought my Sunday afternoon nap helped me recover from my "wedding hangover" as we photographers call it but I don't think it was... after two more naps this week I think I am finally getting some energy back! I sure love what I do though!